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Y37.91XA

Military operations involving unspecified weapon of mass destruction [WMD], initial encounter

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2010 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2010 Added to the draft code set draft Military operations involving unspecified weapon of mass destruction [WMD], initial encounter

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from Y37 Military operations

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category Y37

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • military aircraft involved in aircraft accident with civilian aircraft (V97.81-)
  • military vehicles involved in transport accident with civilian vehicle (V09.01, V09.21, V19.81, V29.818, V39.81, V49.81, V59.81, V69.81, V79.81)
  • military watercraft involved in water transport accident with civilian watercraft (V94.81-)
  • war operations (Y36.-)

Includes

  • injuries to military personnel and civilians occurring during peacetime on military property and during routine military exercises and operations

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Y37.91XD Military operations involving unspecified weapon of mass destruction [WMD], subsequent encounter Valid
Y37.91XS Military operations involving unspecified weapon of mass destruction [WMD], sequela Valid